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Month: January 2026

Pedestrians and a runner pass the Smithsonian Castle on the National Mall in Washington

Smithsonian hands over documents as its leader tries to balance โ€˜principle and pragmatismโ€™ in facing White House demands

By Renรฉ Marsh, Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, CNN (CNN) — As the Smithsonian faced a deadline to comply with the White Houseโ€™s request for extensive documents about its museum exhibitions, Lonnie Bunch III, the historian who leads the institution, has been treading a careful line between maintaining independence and complying with the Trump administrationโ€™s demands. On

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‘We are devastated’: Bend therapy provider sounds alarm over Medicaid reimbursement cuts

BEND, Ore. (KTVZ)– Therapy providers across Central Oregon are sounding the alarm after PacificSource Community Solutions, the coordinated care organization for Oregon Health Plan (Medicaid) members, announced a 30% cut to reimbursement rates. Central Oregon Speech and Language, a Bend-based clinic, says the reductions make it financially impossible to continue serving Medicaid clients without operating

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โ€œAgitator" didnโ€™t always have a negative connotation.

Word of the Week: Who gets called an โ€˜agitatorโ€™?

By Harmeet Kaur, CNN (CNN) — As Americans across the country demonstrate their opposition to Donald Trumpโ€™s immigration offensive, the president and his administration arenโ€™t classifying them as protesters. Instead, theyโ€™re calling them โ€œagitators.โ€ In the words of the Trump administration, Renee Good, the woman killed by an ICE agent while protesting enforcement actions in

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Detained Iranian protester Erfan Soltani

Trump says Iran has called off execution of protesters amid fears for the fate of Erfan Soltani

CNN By Isobel Yeung, Adam Cancryn, Aida Karimi, Catherine Nicholls, Augusta Anthony, CNN (CNN) — US President Donald Trump indicated Wednesday that Iran had backed away from executing a detained Iranian protester for joining anti-government demonstrations after his case drew the attention of human rights activists and the US State Department. โ€œWe were told that

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A National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) satellite image of Hurricane Melissa churning through the Caribbean Sea on October 27

Trump wants to slash funding for federal climate and weather research. Congress is about to tell him โ€˜Noโ€™

By Andrew Freedman, CNN (CNN) — Congress is poised to reject President Donald Trumpโ€™s โ€œastoundingโ€ proposed cuts to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration as well as NASAโ€™s Earth science programs. Trump sought to slash spending in scientific research at NOAA and NASA, among other agencies. The administrationโ€™s budget request would have eliminated all of

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ยฟQuรฉ armas podrรญa usar Estados Unidos en un nuevo ataque contra Irรกn?

Anรกlisis por Brad Lendon El Gobierno de Trump presentรณ el bombardeo del aรฑo pasado contra instalaciones nucleares iranรญes como uno de sus mayores รฉxitos militares. Bombarderos B-2 de la Fuerza Aรฉrea estadounidense lanzaron 14 de las bombas mรกs grandes del mundo, impactando dos instalaciones nucleares iranรญes sin bajas estadounidenses ni pรฉrdida de aeronaves, incluyendo las

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Italian influencer and businesswoman Chiara Ferragni

Italian influencer Chiara Ferragni cleared of fraud charges in โ€˜Pandorogateโ€™ cake scandal

By Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN (CNN) — Italyโ€™s most famous influencer, Chiara Ferragni, has been cleared of criminal wrongdoing in a 2-million-euro ($2.33 million) fraud case involving Christmas cakes, Easter eggs and children with cancer. A judge in Milan ruled Wednesday that aggravated fraud charges against Ferragni relating to her alleged promise to donate proceeds

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Bendโ€™s Tim Knopp named Oregonโ€™s new Chief Prosperity Officer

SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) โ€” Governor Tina Kotek has appointed former Oregon State Senator Tim Knopp of Bend as the stateโ€™s new Chief Prosperity Officer – a key role aimed at growing Oregonโ€™s economy, creating good-paying jobs, and supporting local businesses. Kotek announced the appointment Tuesday, saying Knoppโ€™s business background and decades of public service make

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Detained Iranian protester Erfan Soltani

Execution of Iranian protester Erfan Soltani postponed, family says, as Trump claims โ€˜killing has stoppedโ€™

By Isobel Yeung, Adam Cancryn, Aida Karimi, Catherine Nicholls, Augusta Anthony, CNN (CNN) — The family of detained Iranian protester Erfan Soltani have said his execution was postponed, as US President Donald Trump said he had received assurances that the โ€œkilling has stopped.โ€ โ€œWe were told that the killing in Iran is stopping, and thereโ€™s

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La serie “Euphoria” ya tiene fecha de estreno y trรกiler de su tercera temporada

Por Gonzalo Jimรฉnez, CNN en Espaรฑol HBO Max divulgรณ este miรฉrcoles el intenso y violento trรกiler de la tercera temporada de la serie โ€œEuphoriaโ€ y revelรณ la fecha de estreno de los nuevos episodios: el 12 de abril. El nuevo avance confirmรณ el regreso de las figuras principales del elenco, que reรบne a algunas de

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Quรฉ paรญses de Amรฉrica Latina estรกn afectados por la suspensiรณn de procesamientos de visas de inmigrantes de EE.UU.

Por CNN en Espaรฑol Estados Unidos incluyรณ a varios paรญses de Amรฉrica Latina en la suspensiรณn de procesamientos de visas para inmigrantes, una medida que aplica para 75 naciones de manera indefinida. Brasil, Colombia y Uruguay son los tres paรญses sudamericanos afectados por la decisiรณn. Tambiรฉn estรกn incluidos Cuba, Haitรญ y Nicaragua. El Gobierno no

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